I have to say the little advert that popped up on the webpage made me smile. "looking for a new home"

the club should withdraw from the cup if they cannot play at the DW - if it was planned for the same day fair enough - but to play a match 24 hours earlier is not a problem.

Withdraw from the cup and make a stand - this would be all over the papers and broadcasters - highlighting what a c n u t DW is

is there no problem with leigh also having a home game?

No, because Dave Whelan doesn't dictate whether Leigh can play a match on their own ground.

Only one person responsible for this and once again just shows what a vindictive self serving spoilt brat Whelan actually is. Not to mention liar because its blatantly obvious he had no intention of allowing us to play at home last year either and was saved the indignity of backtracking on his empty promises by us losing to saints in week 1.
There are honourable men, there are rich men, but there are very few honourable rich men.

If the latics had been safe and with Wolves already relegated I dont think Whelan would have hesitated in allowing the match to be played at the DW.
I think the reason for being unhappy with the Rugby being played the day before is because of concerns about the pitch,even though some on here will say that the pitch is in good enough nick for 2 games in 2 days.


The problem would be though if we had a week of heavy rain the week before,would 24 hours be enough time to turn round a churned up pitch. If it was the other way round,Soccer before Rugby no problem.
There is so much money involved in promotion and relagation in Soccer (I have seen figures of 80 to 90 Million bandied about.
The Latics dont want to turn the last match into a lottery if they are not already safe.
I dont know if this angle as already been brought up but I am not trawling through 20 plus pages to find out. Cheers.

i was under the impression that t w 4t whelan was a business man ?

to play the game at 'home' would almost guarenttee a sell out or close to ...

think of the revenue he would lose on that day if we are forced to play elsewhere

It's the equivalent of bus fare compared to Latics staying in the PL though.

That's nothing compared to the ego boost he would receive by not allowing us to play there. You can imagine him practically getting aroused at the mere thought of kicking us out.

Not bothered from a playing perspective, I always think we're more likely to win away from home than at the DW against the big teams these days.

Just a real embarrassment for the club again and more annoying due to the fact its not even a fixture clash. Why does the Premier League hold such sway against other sports?

In the words of Jessie J, ITS ALL ABOUT THE MONEY MONEY !

Root of all evil